Battle of the brands🧬😸Which was better, are they worth your money?💸Bonus oral health report Ep 152

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The content (the video, description, links, and comments) available at this channel is not medical or psychological advice or a treatment plan and is intended for general education only. The content should also not be used to self-diagnose or self-treat any human mental health, medical, or physical condition or to diagnose anyone else.Anne Angelo Webb is not a veterinarian. This information is for entertainment purposes only. Always check with your veterinarian for any emotional, behavioral, or physical Issues your pet is experiencing & use of supplements. Or with any concerns that you have about any animals in your care.The reviews in this article and video are based only my opinion. I have received no compensation for this article or video review. I am an affiliate of Wisdom Panel and Basepaws and may receive a small compensation for items ordered using links in this article. 

Welcome to the Animal Intuitive channel. I am Angelo Webb, the Animal Intuitive. Today, we will discuss the fascinating world of feline genetics and how DNA testing can help us better understand our furry companions. I am doing a comparison of a couple of tests that I did.

Giavanna, who is often on the show, you can see her in the background; there she is, she is. I have two cats. I sent in their information and got results for both of them. I did the comparison only for Giavanna. So, we’re going to be comparing Wisdom Panel and Basepaws. If you’re new here, this is the Animal Intuitive Channel. We give animals a voice through animal communication lessons, acupressure massage for [00:01:00] animals, and talking about holistic pet care.

We have interviews with experts in the fields of animal care and advocacy as well. Although I have been a professional animal communicator for over 20 years, I’m also a licensed clinical social worker. So, our shows sometimes are also geared toward psychology, but much of that involves supporting the pet parent.

The Purpose of Feline DNA Testing

I had done dog a DNA testing comparison in an earlier video[00:02:00] of a couple of canine DNA tests. I had to research, read up, and dive in to understand this topic better. I was reading initally there was no point in doing the cat testing. It wasn’t advanced enough. And I’m going to explain why people say that in a second. But then I decided, well, I really am interested in this. I want to see what the results are. I was coming from the place where I have this kitty cat over here, Giavanna, and just by looking at her, I had an idea of what kind, a breed that at least I knew she probably partly had.

So I figured this would be an interesting experiment because I can see if this breed shows up when we look at the results, and then comparing these two will be even more interesting. 

They’re kind of the, one of the top two, or they are two of the top most [00:03:00] purchased, DNA tests, so I could compare it and see if they both got what I was thinking that she had and just It’ll be a fun experiment and something to dive into. It’s intriguing.

As I mentioned, I work with animals, but I am not a vet. So it took some research and reading for me, too. And this wasn’t an area that I know a ton about. It’s intriguing, but. It’s not something I will claim to be a professional in.

So I’m going to first show you, you can kind of see Gia here (in the background on her cat tree and in the show thumbnail above).

And I have another cat who you can’t see; she’s in the other room. But this is Gracie. So, with Gracie, she, to me, is a tortie, but a tortie is not a breed; it’s like the [00:05:00] pattern of her coat collar. I didn’t know what she was; I had no clue. So, I decided to do a comparison of the two with Gia, and I also did a Basepaws for Gracie, and I will say more about why that is.

I’m going to give you a peek at the Basepaws site first. I decided to start with them, not for any reason, just going in alphabetical order.

Something that’s nice about both companies is they often have deals. 

The types of DNA tests Basepaws and Wisdom Panel have for cats

The one I purchased is the breed and health cat DNA test. I did both of these. I did the breed and health cat DNA test, and then I bought the oral health test separately. I wanted to do that because Gracie, in particular, has had issues with her teeth, and our cat, who passed away a few years ago, TirNa, she had a lot of issues with stomatitis. If you haven’t heard of that it’s a mess. It involves tooth [00:07:00] resorption; it’s a real problem. Some cats end up getting all their teeth taken out. 

So we wanted to get ahead of the game and see what it said. She hasn’t been quite as extreme as TirNa. And I was interested because I have pet insurance. The pet insurance will never pay for teeth removal because a veterinarian said Gracie had stomatitis early on. So the insurance wouldn’t pay for it. So I wanted to see if that was true because her issues haven’t been quite as bad, and I said, well, I can prove it to them if it turns out she doesn’t have it.

Well, you’ll find out about that too. What happened there? Okay. You can. Purchase this extra thing that will tell you about the risks for oral diseases like periodontal [00:08:00] disease, tooth resorption, which your pets hopefully don’t have, and bad breath. Teeth (and oral health in general) are important. They significantly impact human and animal health, so it’s good to know.

They also have information in there, and you’ll see, I’ll show you what I got. on that because they have information about what they’re eating and stuff like that. So, they also have, in this kit, trait markers and health markers in the one that I bought. They have breed group similarities. And wellness info.

So, they do some testing against specific markers to see what issues they could be more prone to have. And it doesn’t mean that they will have those issues. It doesn’t mean they won’t. But it just gives you a better idea. 

And then they have this [00:09:00] third category, whole genome sequencing. I didn’t do that one.It’s much more in-depth. It’s the most in-depth and comprehensive method for analyzing entire genomes that also has risk scores for health issues recommendations. They do breed profile general health and it just gets and as you can see though it is quite a much more than the other products that it’s almost $500 for that. Okay, and then of course they do dog stuff, I did Wisdom and Embark for the dogs and did a comparison video on that previoulsy. 

All right, so Wisdom panel. So, they have the Wisdom Panel complete. Right now it’s $129. 99, and they screen for 70 breeds and populations, 45 health tests, 25 trait tests, and Basepaws screens for 21 breeds and 24 traits [00:10:00]. They both screen for blood type, also. 

The process of getting cat DNA samples

You have to get a sample from your pets, which can be tricky, depending on the animal. So Gracie was she was easy to get her sample. You basically take this little swab that they send you, and you roll it around in their mouth, and I think it’s about 15 seconds. When you’re doing the oral health test with Basepaws, Wisdom Panel does not have that, at least at this time. But when you do this, you do it for about 15 seconds, and you get two swabs.

Because if you do the health and the breed and then separate the oral, they send you two for that. So, with Gracie, we didn’t have too difficult a time. Gia is more of a challenge sometimes. We wrapped her in a towel to do that because she can get a little ornery if she doesn’t [00:11:00] like what’s going on.

That’s a recommendation, partly to help calm them, to kind of swaddle them like that, and be in something sort of not too tight. It’s just a comforting pressure, but it also keeps them from being able to scratch and claw you.

One of the other benefits, as we were going through this, I didn’t notice on their home screen with Wisdom Panel, but they do have a nice feature where if there are any at-risk health findings, you get to talk to a vet for no added price with them. So that’s nice. I did not see that yet with Basepaws. They also have a separate breeder test on the Wisdom Panel site for sale. So, if you’re into breeding, you can go more in-depth and get more information. 

Timeline for results

Wisdom PanelTimeline: Registering their kit means you’ve taken that sample, you go online, you register it, and you put it in the mail, usually that day. I registered the Wisdom Panelkit on December 28, 2023, and the results were in on January 18, 2024. So that was pretty quick, it was faster than I thought it was going to be, and they do talk about on their site that they say they have a human grade testing lab they do things really quick, so they put that out there as a plus to them.

Basepaws Timeline: I did the same day, and it took until February 14, 2024, to get that back. So it took a little bit longer to get the it took six weeks I guess to get the the Basepaws [00:13:00] results. So, if you’re in a rush, the advantage of Wisdom Pane is it went a little faster, and you can also check the progress of these on their website. They’re both really good about letting you know the progress they’re processing.

Animal communicator FREE class – to help getting a sample from your pet

And also a recommendation is when you’re trying to get their sample. This is a show about animal communication, so take advantage of my free class. There’s a QR code right at the bottom of this page or click here and scroll down on the home page of this website, IntuitiveTouchAnimalCare.com, and take my free 90-minute Unlock the Secrets of Animal Communication, which can help you to communicate with your pet and talk about the intention of what you’re doing and help relieve some of the stress for them.

Understanding the accuracy of feline DNA tests

So the big question, just before we get into the results, is how accurate are these tests? A lot of people question that. And, rightly so, I [00:14:00] did reach out to Wisdom Panel. I received what was sort of a generic response. I think they probably send out to many people looking for information, especially for media-type things.

One of their veterinarians, a genetics manager, mentioned that their health results are over 99. 9 percent accurate. That’s referring to their health results. They attribute that to a highly accurate microarray platform and quality control guidelines similar to those used by human genetics testing companies.

So that’s nice to know. But when we get into genetics with cats and DNA information, they have an excellent explanation on the website that I encourage you to check out if you want to go any deeper. I will give you my summary of it and my understanding of it. But if you want to learn more, Go [00:15:00] to Basepaws DNA Explained.

Let me explain in layman’s terms 

It’s more complex than it is with dogs, Unlike dogs, whose breeds have been selectively bred for thousands of years, cats haven’t been bred nearly as long. It’s only about 200 years since cat’s have been intentionally bred. So humans getting in there and wanting to breed the cats to be a certain way, a have a certain look. That means the cat’s genetic makeup is much more diverse, which makes [00:16:00] it trickier to pinpoint their exact breed.

And so these companies are trying to gather more and more information as they get older and grow. They’re gathering more information about breeds. And it will get more accurate. The dog testing DNA sites had the same thing when they started. They weren’t as accurate, and now they’ve gotten much more accurate.

They use the DNA testing to compare your cat’s genetic code to a database of known breeds. It’s important to remember these results aren’t perfect. Due to the shorter history of cat breeding, identifying specific ancestry can be challenging. So cats, some things to keep in mind. Cats interbred for thousands of years.

And so, they got all mixed up, and we weren’t involved in narrowing them down into specific breeds. So, there was no specific breed lining until the early 19th century. And the thing is, the cats were bred for [00:17:00] aesthetics. So, they were looking for specific physical characteristics that they wanted cats to have.

Like, for instance, long hair, or folded ears, or I don’t know, no tail or smaller size, bigger size, a little different than dogs, which started 30, 000 years ago. There’s evidence of dog breeding for things like guarding and hunting. So, it wasn’t all about aesthetics for dogs. So when it comes to cats, they really, what it really boils down to is that they were looking for traits, and those traits could be shared by a lot of different “cat breeds.” 

So they can’t, so they haven’t really been able to say this is, for instance, a Scottish Fold breed.They don’t exactly have all the markers that make up a Scottish Fold. It’s more like, these are [00:18:00] the traits that we would see in a Scottish Fold, and therefore, we would call the cat a Scottish Fold and say they have this much percentage of it, but it’s not an exact science. And even a high percentage match to breed doesn’t guarantee that your cat has a recent ancestor of that breed.

Cats are basically mutts

It just means they share these genetic markers. They’re basically mutts, most cats, the vast majority of them, even those with the purebred characteristics, have mixed ancestry. And this is because they’ve been reproducing independently for so long, rather than being selectively bred. So the DNA testing is looking for similarities, not ancestry.

So, the test can only identify matching DNA segments, not how those segments were inherited, which means they can’t definitively say if your cat has a specific ancestor from a particular breed. As the companies grow, more information will become more specific. So, what it can [00:19:00] tell you though is genetic predispositions. While the breed might not be exact, the testing can reveal predispositions to certain health conditions, which is nice to know. 

You can be more proactive if you have that information, and the test can identify genes associated with specific physical traits like fur, length, color, and eye color. If you want to do breeding, that could be helpful to you and give some insights into the cat’s behavior. 

Some tests even explore genetic links to those behaviors through this field, those fields in the early stages. So just keeping all of this in mind, it’s still fun, I think.

Comparison of Basepaws vs Wisdom Panel – what they have available to test for in breeds, health, and traits

So that’s a big difference. Wisdom Panel makes a big deal of the fact that they have 70 plus cat breeds that they can compare your cat to versus Basepaws, which has 21 breeds.[00:20:00] 

I’m sure that Basepaws is going to grow. And when Basepaws sends you your information about your cats they’ll show you detailed information about all those breeds, not just what your cat has. 

Basepaws checks for 43 genetic feline disease traits. Wisdom Panel, 49.  

Basepaws can check for 25 traits. So that would be visual, things you would see, like long hair, short tail, long tail.Wisdom Panel tests for 28 traits. They both test for blood type, so that’s nice to know. It can be good when you’re in a transfusion or emergency, although I’m sure the vet would be testing that. It’s nice to know. [00:21:00] As mentioned, Basepaws can test for oral issues if you pay extra.

How the site reports look 

To show and talk about how these sites look and get a feel if you have a preference for the visual look of the information you receive about your pet, Basepaws does a little bit more like a report style. They kind of give you an overview of what categories you can go into on the site, but then, if you want to look into it, you need to look at the report. you can print this, too. 

So, just to show you, [00:22:00] cause this is like, this matters. This is Gia up close. You can kind of see a little bit better what she looks like. When I started this, I thought she was a Norwegian forest cat. I was a little bit unsure if she was Maine Coon or Norwegian Forest or, of course, the potential was there that she was both.

But to me, when I did a lot of comparing, the weirder that I am, watching YouTube videos showing the two cats and the differences, and da da da da, she looked more, and, and kind of just my experience, having had Maine Coon, since, I think now, and being around some purebreds, in the work that I’ve done, she, to me, was more Norwegian Forest cat.

Well, let’s see Gia’s results. I’ll show you the comparison that came out. 

What breed is Giavanna – were my suspicions right? Comparing Basepaws and Wisdom Panel’s results:

So Basepaws is here on the left and Wisdom Panels on the right. So Basepaws [00:23:00] shows Western. Western is a grouping with diverse geographic origins, spanning Turkey, Russia, Europe, and the Americas. And they have her listed as a 31.4 percent broadly Western, so it’s anything. 25. 52 percent Maine Coon. Okay, so she, and then 3. 68 percent Norwegian Forest Cat. So she’s a lot more Maine Coon coming out than Forest Cat. 6. 3 percent it’s showing, and some Russian Blue, 1. 54%. And then Wisdom Panel, when we’re talking about these two, the Maine Coon and the Norwegian, had her at 17 percent Norwegian, 14 percent Maine Coon.

So they were almost the same, slightly more [00:24:00] Norwegian, and then the big pot of American domestic cat, 51. 5 percent European short hair, 2 percent European domestic, and then also Persian category, 10 percent Scottish Fold, and 1 percent British short hair. 

She didn’t have anything like oriental Peterbald, Burmese, Thai. 

Then, an Exotic Breed contains the Egyptian Mao and hybrid cats, which are a result of crossing domestic cats with certain wild cats. These cats often have a high degree of genetic separation from other breeds.

She had 2. 27%. Maybe that’s why she’s kind of feisty. She’s a feisty girl. And then we have this Domestic Poly Cat category, 25. 12%. Domestic Poly Cat is the, “remarkable result of many generations of mixed breeding, the opposite of selective breeding, between different types of cats, which is why the ancestry and origin of these kitties can be very difficult to determine.”

So, back to what we were talking about earlier. [00:26:00] I think that what this does tell us, that is nice to know, is that with both of these, there’s something there with picking up that whatever it means to be a Norwegian forest cat, and whatever it means to be a Maine coon, both of these picked it up.

So that it gives some legitimacy. And the Scottish fold, there was no Scottish fold in the Basepaws one. There was 1 percent British short hair in both, a little bit of that in both of them. 

Basepaws health results

[00:27:00] So, this is Giavanna’s report. And Okay, so Oral health. This is her Basepaws report. She has a she has a high risk of periodontal disease based on what they’re seeing in her mouth right now.

We have to be on top of that. Giavanna’s risk, however, of tooth resorption was low, and then the risk of bad breath was high. So she was clear, though, which was nice to see, of all 43 health markers.

However, it doesn’t mean she wouldn’t get these things.

So, you know, so if I wanted to see Maine Coon, I would click on this Western, and it takes me down to an in-depth info page about that breed. It gives you their average weight, history, genetic predisposition, and health.

So, like, for instance, This breed is known to be at a high risk for developing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Most [00:29:00] common feline heart conditions. It’s associated with several genetic mutations. So that’s good to know if you have a Maine Coon. And it talks about them being a water-loving cats, talks about their personality a little bit, adored for their playful nature, dog-like loyalty, and they can be very vocal, expressing a wide range of complex sounds.

It also says these cats are generally obedient and possess above-average intelligence, which makes them easy to train. It’s not uncommon to see a Maine Coon walking on a leash, and so they give you all the 

Okay, so this is what happens when I get to come in and edit and add things to a video later on. I told you my husband does not like to be on video, but this is a picture of him with Gia.

He has come back from work and she has greeted him, which is something they mentioned. They’re kind of dog-like, but look how big she is. She’s huge. And It just goes to show there is some quality in there of this Maine Coon and the also Norwegian Forest Cat being large cats. She seems to have those qualities.

You can kind of see it [00:30:00] in her paws in this picture. They’re bigger than that. Even the way they look in that picture isn’t quite showing off her paw size, but then also it mentions that they like water. Maine Coons like water, and that is her rolling around in the tub. She enjoys batting at water, uh, being in the tub.

She comes running if you turn the water on for the shower or anything like that. So some of those qualities for Maine Coon, she does fit the bill. And I didn’t mention that in the video. And so they give you all the cats that they have. So she was an Abyssinian, but you can learn about those breeds too.

Basepaws trait markers report

If you’re interested, they give you quite a bit of information. Then her genetic health and trait markers, kitty genetics. And they give you a rating system. So it gives you these stars – five stars means consistent results reported across multi, multiple scientific studies, [00:31:00] more than 100 cats across studies confirmed to have the expected correlation between the genetic marker and the physical presentation, multi, multiple specific scientific tools used to confirm the mechanism behind the mutation, no contradictory results reported in the literature.

And then the stars get lower and lower. So there’s less reliability about the preliminary results, which are to be interpreted with extreme caution based on a scientific study that either focuses on a single cat or on a few studies that report contradictory results. So you can’t really be too sure they have those traits.

So they show you clear, this is a negative zero copies for this marker. Carrier at risk at high risk. So, and they have different color codes. So it’s easy to kind of go through and see, Oh, clear, clear, clear. Yay. Yay. Yay. Yay. But if, you know, you saw a red one, then there’s concern. So I think that’s pretty clear, easy to read.

They make it pretty clear. And then they do give you more [00:32:00] information about that mutation and also breeds that tend to have it more than others. 

Giavanna’s oral health report. 

They tell you a little bit about that and then you can see they show you on this chart the range high to low of where your cat might be.

So this tells us we need to be a little bit more proactive at her risk for periodontal disease. But again, happy to see she’s low on that tooth resorption. So this was interesting, kind of funny, because they tell you what they find in the cat’s mouth. What your cat eats, and one of the things that came up was dog, which I’m assuming is because she, I don’t know, eats their fur.

We buy them a pretty high-quality food. I don’t think there’s a dog in it. 🙂 So, you know, I think it’s just because she comes across them. She doesn’t really lick them. She tries, actually, with one of them who doesn’t like it. So, a [00:33:00] periodontal disease. Bad breath. You can join a Facebook group. Okay, so that is her report.

That’s Basepaws. 

Gracie’s oral health report – as expected and breeds?

I forgot to mention in the livestream that Gracie’s oral health report was accurate. Unfortunately, it is pointing out that she does have what her vet said when she was a kitten, that she has stomatitis. Although we weren’t holding out much hope, because it wasn’t as bad as our other cat, we took a chance that she might not score high enough to meet the criteria. 

But she has had to have some teeth removed, and insurance won’t pay for it because of that early diagnosis. Well, as we see here, she has this. It’s pretty high. 

As a reminder, i did not do a Wisdom Panel for Gracie. [00:34:00] She’s mostly this blend as per Basepaws: Western 69. 47 %. You can see again how they do this blending. Maine Coon seems to come up, I think for a lot of cats and then Eastern 4.23%.British short hair and a little Himalayan. So exotic 3. 21 % broadly exotic. So, there wasn’t a ton of specific information there for her, but it’s always nice to know.

Wisdom Panel traits 

Then we go over to Wisdom Panel. Wisdom Panel is showing more information right on their [00:35:00] screen. They do have a kind of a raw data report that you can download. The way that Basepaws does it is more like all that information is in that report but it’s more of a summary whereas Wisdom Panel has all their information here on the screen. They do have it summarized in this other report, but it’s just not as “fancy” in the report as on the website. 

Luckily, she is also clear of any predisposition to their compared health markers!

On the Wisdom Panel website the different [00:36:00] breed traits, just like they do with Basepaws, they are expanded upon. It goes into size, weight, coat coloring, you know, many different things, temperament, history, and also care, grooming, health of these cats genetic health conditions, depending on these breeds. And there are more resources with links and articles you can read. 

Wisdom Panel family tree

This is a family tree that shows her parents, American Domestic Cat with Norwegian Forest Cat on one side, and then we have Scottish Foldmix and Maine Coon on the other side. And then, of course, that breaks down to the grandparents, and we go further and further out. And we see more detailed information through this family tree.

This is a nice benefit of the Wisdom Panel report. 

What is the importance of genetic diversity, and was blood type the same in both Basepaws and Wisdom Panel?

We also get into some genetic diversity information. And they have a little blurb here about why that’s important. Generally speaking, cats with a higher percentage of heterozygosity will have a lower risk of genetic disorders and other complications associated with their breed background.

She was at the higher end of that, uh, diversity, uh, in the typical range of cats, higher end of it. So she’s [00:38:00] good there. She’s not inbred. Yay. Then you can click and get complete results; she was clear here too. So, both of these studies matched that she was clear of all these things. Both said that she was blood type A.

So again, it is nice to see that they’re getting the same information. And if you click on their health test, it takes you over here. It goes more in detail. You can read more about those, but she didn’t have any of those, but if you wanted to, you could just click on it. For exaxmple, read more about this acute intermittent porphyria variant one. And it goes into detail about what that is. 

And it gives some breeders extra information about that. And articles too. Traits, so 28 genetic traits [00:39:00] were done on her. This is observable stuff. [00:40:00] Whether this is interesting to a person or not, it’s kind of interesting because, for instance, that’s her, definitely. She’s gray and white. It tells me more about that if I want to know.

And it is interesting to see that she has, now she’s a long hair cat [00:41:00] and it says long coat possible, short coat likely. But she has long, long hair, tail length, extra toes, which she doesn’t have, but she doesn’t have that trait. If you’re into breeding, I guess this stuff would be more interesting because you could know that recessive genes could come out in the litter. It depends on how deep you want to know about these recessive genes and things you might not know your cat has versus what you’re seeing. So that is the wisdom panel. 

Studies and research opportunities 

Both of these. It’s to research the Basepaws company. Basepaws gives you an opportunity to participate in some of these studies.

So, for instance, here’s an example. You might want to enroll your cat [00:42:00] in the feline atopic dermatitis study. And so you could help contribute to helping other cats. And helping contribute to research on feline chronic kidney disease. They have a few different studies that you can enroll your cat in. The research for Wisdom Panel didn’t seem quite as like you are going to be able to enroll your cat in a specific study, but they talk about how they’ve been involved for a while in genetic studies, breed detection studies, and that they’re continuing to do that.

Yeah, see here, they talk about not your average lab, human grade lab, they’re not messing around, and they work with Neogen Genomics, they’re genetic pros with more pet DNA experience than any other lab, it says, receiving more than 1. 5 million samples every year. Then, you can go to the white paper on that and dig into the details.

And they talk about all their [00:43:00] scientists. So that’s just a little interesting information. 

Ease of sharing your cat’s DNA results 

Wisdom Panel: 

If you open up your privacy and link settings to be able to share it with people who’d be interested, you can send a link to your pet’s report. So you could share it with your vet that way. 

Basepaws: has a direct share, where you can click to open a window, find your vet, and you can share it that way [00:44:00].

My vet and I were emailing and she referred to receiving it, specifically the oral health report. 

Comparing the two sites based on visual appeal 

It seems like Wisdom Panel put all their information right on their website, versus Basepaws who did it within that document that I showed you that I went through. But you can also open that up right in the site or save and print it out. 

Wisdom Panel was a little bit more like I don’t know, “fun” looking. For me, it was visually more appealing because of the way the information is all up on the webpage in color on the screen. But for me, that is not a major part of my decision. It’s more about the information provided. 

Honestly, I can’t exactly say that I felt like either one of them was better than the other. I depends on how you prefer to look at information.

My conclusions on the comparison of Basepaws vs Wisdom Panel 

They both have their pros and cons.

One thing that obviously would stand out is comparing the number of breeds that Wisdom Panel has for you to compare to, to look at 70 versus 21 with Basepaws. Again, that could change in the future. Basepaws may catch up to that number. 

Basepaws is supposedly known for being more in-depth with health issues. I’m not sure if I agree with that; Perhaps when you look at the report, the way it’s laid out, it may be a little bit easier to review that information with Basepaws.

Another factor would be how important it is to you to have that oral health report – with Basepawsthat you can add that on.

Also, the family tree layout is something that might be of interest to people that Wisdom Panel offers. I felt that it was neat to be able to see. 

If you wanted to do Wisdom Panel, you could buy the Basepaws Oral Health Report.

And your opinion of their pricing based on what they give you could be a factor, too. 

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Dr. Christine Colamonico, DVM, co-founder of Joy of Pets (JOPE), debunks common myths and shares expert tips on maintaining your pet's joint health. Spot early signs of joint problems. Slowing down and becoming less mobile is NOT an inevitable part of aging for pets. Create a "joint-friendly" home environment. Choose the right supplements for mobility - studies are showing that commonly given supplements are no more beneficial than a placebo.

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